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Mathias17
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How to draw this?  Halftone lines.

May 15, 2012 6:57 AM

halftonelines.PNG

 

Exponentially decreasing (or increasing, depending on yourt POV) lines - halftone lines. How do I precisely draw them? My attempt is  blatant failure.

 

I am a blatant failure.

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  • Gustavo Del Vechio
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    1. Gustavo Del Vechio,
    May 15, 2012 7:00 AM   in reply to Mathias17
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    Hi Mathias

     

    Perhaps if you draw the first and last line (the 2 extremes)...select both and go Object > Blend > Make, then select this group and acess Object > Blend > Blending Options to control the intermediate steps you can reach near the result you want.

     

    Gustavo.

     
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    May 15, 2012 7:09 AM   in reply to Gustavo Del Vechio
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    benderblender.PNG

     

    Really dang close, thanks! Is this as close as I can get with quick drawing tools?

     

     

     

    *EDIT   Hmmm . . . I'm trying to match some fakey halftone lines that I don't know how were drawn. There's no garantee Illy can match custom drawn stuff with automated tools of course . . .

     
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    May 15, 2012 7:11 AM   in reply to Mathias17
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    Hi Mathias

     

    If you use..instead of specified steps...you use specified distance..then you could perhaps go near what you want. Test it in the Blending Options dialog box.

     

    Gustavo

     
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    May 15, 2012 7:22 AM   in reply to Gustavo Del Vechio
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    More experimentation, using your advice:

     

    GOT'ER.PNG

     

    I consider this result ideal - just a matter of making the two original shapes even more different and increasing the steps until the space between blend-generated shapes is reduced to nothing at the top - where the very first gap is seen, is where the halftone starts. Awesome. *HIGH FIVE*

     
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    May 15, 2012 8:44 AM   in reply to Mathias17
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    With the direct selection tool (white arrow) select each anchor point of the spine curve of the blend and convert it to smooth point using the Convert to Smooth point button on the properties bar. Then move the handles of the anchor points of the spine while holding Shift to constrain vertically until you like the distribution.

     
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  • Mathias17
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    May 15, 2012 8:46 AM   in reply to emil emil
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    Sweet, that helps even more. Thanks!

     
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